Remember When: The Dionne Quints make another movie

The Dionne Quintuplets made two full-length movies before they were old enough to know how thoroughly they had been exploited by their parents and the government of Ontario, which in 1998 paid a substantial settlement to the three surviving sisters.

The movie plots were forgettable, and the quints, age 4, appear in scenes filmed at their Ontario theme park "Quintland," perhaps the world's most profitable tourist attraction throughout the Great Depression.

This ad appeared in the Dec. 1, 1938, Eagle-Gazette.

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Remember When: The Dionne Quints make another movie

The Dionne Quintuplets made two full-length movies before they were old enough to know how thoroughly they had been exploited by their parents and the government of Ontario, which in 1998 paid a